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fur tbe CHILDREN.
A Spring Greeting.

What is this the blue-birds call,
Seeking mate and nesting tree,
Fitting bright through forest hall,
Merrily, cheerily2
" 1t is springbe joyous ALL"
This is what the blue-birds call
What is this the robins sing,
wooing from each leafing tree
Making all the woodland ring,
Merrily. cheerily2
" It is spring, gladstone spring."
That is what the robins sing.
What is this our bllthe hearts say,
As the wakened earth we see
'Broidering her robes so gay,
Merrily, cheerlly?
Spring has come In springs old way"
This is what our blithe hearts say.
Springs old way" and springs old song
Only sung in newer key;
Gladdened lives to spring belong
Merrily, cheerily,
Sing we, then, sing loud and long,
Welcome, spring, in springs old wayl"
Mary CLARK Huntington, in GOOD Housekeeping
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3---DecapitatiOns.

1-Behead a movable seat and leave
an ornament for the head.
2-Behead to listen and leave a part
of the head.
3-Behead to tear asunder and leave
a termination.
4-Behead the opposite of secret and
leave color.
5--Behead cleanliness and leave to
consume.
6-Behead visionary and leave to
negotiate.
7-Behead caution and leave the plu-
raj of the substantive verb to be.
S-Behead learning and leave a min
eral.
9-Behead festive day and leave a
beautiful flower
The removed letters form a record of
events. En- VERITE.
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Piles Piles! Piles!

Sure cure for blind bleeding, and itching
Piles. One box has cured the worst cases
of ten years standing. No one need suffer
ten minutes after using this wonderful
Kinks German Pile Ointment. 1t absorbs
tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as
poultice, gives instant relief. Kinks Ger
man Pile Ointment is prepared only for
Piles and itching of the private parts, and
nothing else. Every box is warranted by
our Agent.
Sold by Druggists; sent by mail on receipt
of price. Fifty cents and $l.00 per box
DIR. G. o. BENTON, Proprietor.
ElnNnlanl 0hin
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NOTICE.

The undersignedis DESTROYS of selling the Wooden
Mill or Factory at North Calais no. TO- Said mill
su az the outlet Of Two ponds The lower pond
aGed seventy acres The ponds are forty rods apart
Is thirty by forty feet In size three stories high
,Y SIX looms -four narrow looms and two broad
looms), two custom-carding machines good rum
one factory set Of machines two fulling mills one
spinning, jack, and al other machinery in good
running order Immediate possession given. Terms
easy. JONAS G. bRMSBEEe pronr,star
North Calais, VT.
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4...DOnhle AcrOSfic.

IA certain amount of money.
Am article of news.
3-Pain.
4-One who boards his money.
"a musical entertainment.
GA large pin.
7-Lifeless.
The initials and finals form the
names of two kinds of precious stones.
ETHYL
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RUBY LIVER PARVULES

VIII remove all functional disorders of the Liver
make the Head clear; prevent Sick Headache
ahk indigestion and improve the Complexion.
Price of each, twenty FIVE cents per bottle For sale
by all druggists and by the trade generally,
GEO. G. GOODWIN Boston, General Agents.
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STOP THAT COUGHi

BY using BENToN's PINE TREE TAR
TRocHEEs, sure cure for Cough, Colds and
Sore Throat. No cure, no pay Sold by
Druggists, twenty-five cents per box.
Wholesale Agent, JHo. III. FRANCIS, 70
Maiden Laue, New York City.
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BENTON,S NERVE and BRAIN TONIC.

If you are so nervous that minutes seem
like hours, or days seem like weeks and
years, let not moment pass before you try
this great vitalizer, as its effects in all such
cases are prompt and reliable. II the Doc
tors give you DovER's POWDER and Nor
PINE to make you have quiet sleep, you
will find this better than all the doctors. If
you become restless and nervous, so you
cannot sleep, Opium and its kindred allies
are the worst things you can possibly take
A few doses of BENToNs NERVE AND BRAIN
Tonic is sure to relieve you, and in no in
stance has II ever failed to cure.
Sold by all Druggists, and sent by express
on receipt of price, S100.
DIR, q. o. BENTON, Proprietor.
Inn
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Eeaal Notites.
ELISHA MAYS ESTATE.

IL STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District IS.
In Probate Court held at Montpelier, in and for
said District on the 5th day of April, A ID. lss7;
Oscar W. May, Executor of the last Will and Tes-
lament of Elisha May late of Middlesex in said Dis
trict deceased, makes application to said Court,
legatees devisees and heirs Of said deceased resid
ing in the State of Vermont for license to sell all of
the real estate of said deceased, situated in
Middesex, in said District, to wit; Home place.
representing that the sale thereof would be
beneficial to the legatees, devsees and heirs of said
deceased and those interested in his estate
in order to convert said real estate into
money. Whereupon II is ordered by said Court,
that said application be referred session thereof
to be held at the Probate ONCE in said Montpelier on
the Goth day of April A. D. 1851 for hearing and decs-
ion thereon and is further ordered that all persons
tice of said application and order thereon three
weeks successfully In the Vermont WdtchmdH d
State Journal, newspaper published at Montpeiier
and which cireulates IN the neighborhood of those
interested, before said time of hearing that they
may appear at said time and place. and IL they
cause, object thereto. BY the Court.-Attest,
OUU2 HIRAM CARLETON, Judge.
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The desire of every child of God
should be to make those nearest to him
by birth sharers in his privileges.
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QusSle Corner.
1.--Charade.

1---Charade.
My first the boys with great delight
In wnter-time behold.
And of 1t quickly second make,
Regardless of the cold
But ah my whoie could not endure
Fierce winters chilling breath;
He'd freeze its crown and turn 1t brown,
And that would just be death
In genial Mays bright, balmy time
Whole spreads itself in pride;
Or, in the winter, nodded hard,
At passing heads It's SHE'D. S.E.D.
g.. RhOmbOid.
ACROSS.
Part of door.
2-Changes place.
3-One who dives.
A fruit.
"a friend Qndian).
DOWN.
IA consonant.
"a word denoting existence.
3-To incline the head quickly.
Wicked.
5-The way careless children often
pronounce certain numbers.
6-Applied to a shield.
TO decay.
S-Not any.
"a consonant. ST.. STEPHANo.
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advertisements.
Constipation

Is a universal and most troublesome dis
order. 1t causes Headache, Mental De.
preston, impairs the Sight and Hearing.
destroys the Appetite and when long
continued, causes Enlargement of the
Liver, Inflammation Of the Bowels, and
Piles. Constipation is speedily cured
by Ayers Pills.
For q number OF months I was
troubled with Costiveness, in conse-
quence of which / suffered from Loss OF
Appetite, Dyspepsia, and disordered
liver. My eyes also troubled me. was
compelled to wear shade over them,
and, at times, was unable to bear ex-
posure to the light. 1 was entirely
CURED BY USING
three boxes of Ayers Pills. / have no
hesitation in pronouncing this medicine
to be the best cathartic ever made. -
James Eccles, Poland, Ohio.
suffered from Constipation, and, con.
sequently, from Headache, Indigestion,
and Piles, for years. Ayers Pills, which
took at the suggestion Of a friend, have
given me effectual relief / commenced
taking this remedy two months ago, and
am now free from Constipation, the re.
moval of which has caused my other
troubles to disappear, and greatly i'm
proved my general health. w. Keller,
Amherst, Mass.
l suffered from Constipation, which
assumed such an obstinate form that l
feared it would cause a stoppage of the
bowels. Two boxes of Ayers Pills cured
me, completely. ID. Burke, Saco, Me.
Ayers Pills,
Prepared by DR.. J. G. Aver & Co, Lowell Mass
Sold by all Druggists aud Dealers In Medicine.
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5---Enigma.

Composed of 16 letters.)
My ID ! 10 II is a prop or support.
My 9 II 16 is a song.
My 10 Is 2 is part of the body.
My s 3 IA is to aspire.
My IL 6 is relative.
The whole is poem by J. G. Whit
Ter.
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No trouble to swallow DR.. Pierce S
Pellets.
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISL AND &PACIFIC Rail WAY

By reason central position close relation to pr
cipal lines East Of Chicago, and continuous lines at
only true middle link in this tanscontinental system
which invites and fac otes travel and traffic either
Objection between the Atlantic and Pacific.
The Rock Island main line and branches include Chi
caJo, Joliet Ottawa, aSae, PEORIA Geneseo Moline
and Rock Island. in Illinois; Davenport Museatine
Washington Fairfield. ottumwa, Oskaloosa West Lib
lantlc Knoxville Audubon Harlan Guthrie Centre and
Council Bluffs in 1owa Gaatn, Trenton. st. Joseph
Cameron and Kansas City, in Missouri Leavenworth
and Atchison,in Kansas; Albert Lea Minneapolis and
hundreds OF intermediate cities towns and villages
The Great Rock Island Route
Guarantees Speed, Comfort and Safety those who
travel over it Its roadbed is thoroughly baasted its
OF stone and iron rolling stock perfect human
skin make it. It has the safety appliances that
mechanical genius has invented and experience proved
methodcalits discipline and exacting The lux
nry Of its passenger accommodation is unequaled in
All Express Trains between Chicago and the Missouri
River consist of Comfortable bay Coaches magnificent
Dining Cars providing excellent meals; and-between
Reclining Chair Cars.
The Famous Albert Lea Route
apolis ST. Paul over this route solid Fast Express
Trains run daily to the summer resorts, picturesque
Minnesota The rich wheat fields and grazing lands OF
interior Dakota are reached via Watertown. short
rior Inducements to travellers between Cincinnati In
dianapolis, Lafayette and Council Bluffs St. Joseph
Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City; Minneapolis, ST.
especially families ladies and children receive from
officials and employees Of Rock Island trains protection
For Tickets Maps Folders-obtainabe at principal
Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada-or any
desired information, address,
Prss',s GsnlMEf Asst Genlhs'r. Gen1Tk. bPasa Aga
CHICAGO.
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x IL MANI X

WHO IS UNAcouAlSreo WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF TIL.
COUNTY, WILL zee nY EXAMINING Ihls MAP IhAT LIE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-22
English Thieves And Thiey ne.
From ChamberS'S Journal.

Although man always looks upon a
clever theft with an air of romance, he
never quite realizes the position until
the thief or sharper has feeced himself.
We are apt to laugh at the misfortunes
of man who puts his head out Of his
cab on foggy day in answer to knock
at the window, and finds his hat disap-
pearing in the gloom. Nor do we show
more sympathy with the man who collides
with another individual in the street, and,
who, on having his hat, which had fallen,
handed back with profuse apologies for
the accident, finds from its size and gen
eral appearance that not many hours be-
fore it must have adorned scarecrow.
But these incidents in no way illustrate the
GOODNESS of the professional thief, who
doesnot usually aim at trifes.
At Birmingham not long ago, thief
was detected in the act of stealing gentle
mans watch. In his haste to escape he
ran into the arms of detective VINO had
been watching him for some time. Natur-
ally the thief must have felt somewhat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-22
CRIME.

JAMES WHITE, who Shore an excellent
reputation" was shot dead by William
Ochs, banker, at Kenton, Ohio. The
man of excellent eputation was commit
ting burglary in the bankers house when
killed.
A SPECIAL from Matamoras, Mexico.
says: It is reported that the murder of
Valeriano G. Altamirano, of FL Paso,
was committed by three policemen under
orders of prominent authority.
ADvrCEs from Rocky Comfort, Ark, say
fatal shooting ARRAY occurred near that
place on Saturday between E. Duncan
and w. 81. Brooks, in which the latter was
shot and instantly killed by the former.
SUNDAY night, at New York, Ferdinand
Koch, aged 16, will drunk, attempted
to stab. his mother with scissors, and
then plunged them into his own abdo-
men, nearly disemboweling himself.
AN attempt was made early Monday
moaning to blow up with dynamite pho
tograph gallery in East Tawas, Mich.
The only damage to property that re-
suited was the breaking of several win
dows. 4 youGg lady was injured by the
shock.
THE grand jury of Grundy county, Hi
nois, found no Indictment against Miss
Dodge for killing w. S. Babcock, the Chi
cago lumberman, on the Goth of August.
Miss Dodge has been discharged and her
bonds Cancelled. Report says only five of
the twenty-three grand jurors favored in
dictment.
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WASHINGTON.

The application of the governor of
Illinois for the extradition of McGarigle,
the fugitive Chicago exwarden, which
has been received at the department. of
state, will be reserved for the personal
consideration of Secretary Bayard when
he returns to the city.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has invited the
members of the senate and the house
naval committee and number Of other
persons interested in the subject to go
down New York bay on the Dispatch to
witness the test of dynamite gun on
the Goth inst, VIXEN an effort will be
made to destroy schooner by dynamite
shells.
GEN. JOHN G. BLACK, commissioner of
pensions. in his annual report to the Sec
rotary of the interior makes the following
Important suggestions:
~. The allowance of So per month to
minor children entitled to pension is in
adequate for their support and should be
increased to So per month.
"2. That the act of June Is, 1880, be so
amended as to permit the benefits of the
act to be extended to those who subsequent
to the date of its approval from aggrava
ton of their malady may have become
helpless.
'3. That the existing law that a wild
owls pension certificate can only bear
date from the day on which she files her
application, should be amended tie allow
the commencement Of the pension to date
from the death of the husband the other
conditions required by the law being pres
ent.
"4. That section 4, rs of the Revised
Statutes be so amended as to pohibit the
payment of more than one pension to the
same person.
SIS. That the law requiring a pension
TO be granted according to the rank of
the claimant at the time the injury was
received should be amended SO that the
rank subsequently acquired bora fde
may be considered by the commissioner
in determining the amout Of pension TO
be allowed.
IS. That the present rate for deafness
should be increased 80 $50 per month for
total deafness, with intermediate grades
to be determined according TO the degree
of disability.
ss7. That discretion should be lodged
in the commissioner of correcting dis
crepancies in the rates of pension for
loss of limbs or congress should be asked
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-22
CHERRY FEAST OF HAMBURG

How an Army of Little Children CONQUERED a
Host OF Grim Warriors.
In the month of July there was annu-
ally celebrated for four centuries at Ham
burg strange festival, known as "The
Cherry Feast" 1t was for the most part
confined to young folks, who when cher
rles were ripe, says All the Year around
usually early in the month, marched
through the streets of the town bearing
branches laden with ripe, luscious fruit
Like every other ceremony it celebrates
an event which has not yet been forgot
ten. In the year 1882 great HUSTLE
army beseiged the city of Hamburg, under
the command of Procopius the Great.
The war had ragged for many years, and
on both sides it had become both bitter
cruel. When they saw the army outside
their walls the people of Hamburg be-
came extremely frightened, as they could
not hope to hold out long against such
odds. A council of chief citizens was
held to devise some method of saving the
town. Nothing seemed feasible until
some one suggested that they should send
out all the little children, for, said one,
."the sight will surely melt tbs hearts of
soldiers and they will do us no harm"
The suggestion was acted upon. and all
together from their homes and set in
marching order. The gates of the city
were opened and they were told to march
out to the army. Great was the surprise
of the army to see the gates of the city
swing open; but greater still their sur
prise when they saw march out an army
of little children clad in white When
they heard the pattering of the tiny feet
and when the little ones drew up tinidly
before the tents the warriors were fairly
and tears filled their eyes.
They who had come to rob, kill, and burn
threw down their arms, and, gathering
beautiful branches full of fruit off the
cherry trees, sent the children back TO
their parents with those branches and a
of peace, which was faithfully
observed. The children won great and
Oloodless victory, and, in commemoration
Of it, these branches were until recently,
if not now, carried through the streets by
the children.
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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIVE large saw-mills were burned in
Minneapolis last night, causing an ag-
gregate loss of $250,00O.
In Montreal yesterday, Potter's tannery
and boot factory and an adjoining tene-
ment-house were burned. Loss 100000.
The Pennsylvania rail- Dads new round
house, machine shops, five locomotives,
and six tanks at Lewiston, Pa, were
destroyed by fire this morning. Loss,
$4,000.
The schooner City of Chicago, bound
up with ties, went ashore Thursday on
Mission Point, Mackinac Island. She
is on rocky bottom and may prove total
loss.
AS the construction train on the west
ern division of the Colorado Midland
railway, near Denver, was moving over a
freshlaid section of the track between
the west portal of Hagerman tunnel and
He'll Gate the engine and two flats loaded
with rails and three hundred laborers
were ditched, four men losing their lives
and between fifty and sixty sustaining
injuries.
EARLY Sunday morning the fire depart
ment at Buffalo, N. Y, were called upon
to extinguish fire in the shoe store of
James V. Thyng, on Main street. Inves-
tigation showed that the fire was incen-
diary. The insurance on the stock
amounted to SIS, 400; a recent inventory
showed it to be worth $15,010. Thyng is
under arrest.
AT 7:4O this evening fire broke out in
a group of saw-mills at Minneapolis,
Mimi, and, the flames spreading rapidly,
was not gotten under control until five
mills were totally destroyed. The losses
are appropriated as follows: Eastman,
Bovey & Co., $4,000; Cole & Weeks,
100000; Merriman, Barrows d Co., $780,
900; G. Fl. Smith d Co., $4,000; McMul-
len & Co, $4,000. Later estimates give
the following losses and insurance: Mer-
riman, Barrows, & Co., loss, 5000; insur-
ance, $4,000. McMullen & Co, loss,
$45, 1000; insurance $4,000. Eastman.
Bovey, & Co., loss, $4,000; Insurance,
$4,000. c. A. Smith & Co.. loss, $685.
OOo; insurance. $4,000. WV. Eastman,
owner of the mill operated by Cole &
Weeks, loss, $50, 900; insurance, S21, 1000
The origin of the fire is unknowY. Only
two of the mills were running.
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FOREIGN.

PROF. FREDERICK THEODORE FISCHER,
the German critic, is dead.
COUNT HERBERT BISMARCK, who is now
at Friedrichsruhe, will resume his duties
in the foreign office Saturday.
g A FOREIGN consul at Bombay reports
that over $1,000 deaths from cholera oc-
Cured in the province of Oude-of which
Lucknow is the capital-last May.
LONDON, Sept. 12.-The number of nail
| makers on strike in Staffordshire alone
is $4,000.
the ironclads Chih Yuan, Ching Yuan,
Pasrow, have sailed from Portsmouth for
Che Foo.
BERLIN, Sept. 12.-The official press
confirms the staten ent made Saturday
that Bismarck has absolutely refused to
mediate between Russia and Bull
garia.
Col. MoNoBIEFF reports that the floods
in Cairo resulting from high water in
the Nile have done no harm TO the cotton
crop in the delta. Sugar cane is but
little injured. He has no fears of a
famine.
PARIS, Sept. 14.-It is rumored that
changes are about to be made In the
French ministry, M. Rouvief, who meets
with difficulty in the financial situation
is desirious of resigning.
BOMBAY, Sept. 14.-News has been re-
ceived from Cabul that Ayoub Hahn has
dispatched Akbar Hahn to the Barazla
country for the purpose of incitizg the
natives to rebel.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 14.-The car
will remain at Friedensborg, Denmark,
until October 1S.
AGRAM, Sept. 14.-Mai. Tomisfcs and
Capt. SCHNEIDER have been arrested for
swindling in the commisariat Of Hun
gary. Capt. SCHNEIDER subsequently,
hanged himself in prison.
MEXICO Scientific men in the City of
Mexico are endeavoring to solve the
meteorological phenomenon which is APP
parent along the line of the Mexican
Central Railway, immense quantities OF
rain falling along the line of the railway
and following the construction.
The union conservative clubs have ar
ranged for an autumn campaign to cover
the whole country. Meetings will be held
in 220 towns, and sixty five members of
parliament have consented to take the
stump. This will be the greatest effort
ever made by the conservatives.
The casualties in the first battle of the
Irish revolution, which occurred at Mitch
ellstown, on Friday, were Two citizens
killed, one fatally hurt, and since dead,
and one hundred and fifty wounded; fifty
four constables I'M ured so badly as to re-
Qulre medical treatment. The affair
may be worth remembering as the first
step in what Kossuth called "the stedium
of action"